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Vortex flowmeters help optimize efficiency and energy usage for arc furnaces
Rosemount vortex flowmeters help MORE s.r.l. optimize steel quality, minimize oxygen and fuel consumption in its arc furnaces.
MORE s.r.l. has reduced energy consumption and optimized the quality of steel produced from its electric arc furnaces by using Rosemount 8800 Vortex flowmeters from Emerson Process Management. The flowmeters are being used to measure and optimize oxygen used in the steel making processes more accurately than earlier technologies the company had tried. Optimization of the oxygen-fuel ratio is critical to minimizing conversion costs, reducing oxygen and fuel consumption, and avoiding rework. In addition, accurate control of oxygen improves furnace safety and reduces environmental impact.
Based in Gemona del Friuli (UD), Italy, MORE supplies a wide range of technologies and auxiliary equipment for electric arc furnaces used in the steel-making industry. These include sidewall injector systems used with chemical energy packages such as oxygen, carbonaceous fuels, lime, and other fines. These chemicals are injected into the furnace during the melting process to improve steel quality and provide additional energy from exothermic reactions, helping to reduce overall energy consumption.
MORE had been using differential pressure (DP) flowmeters to measure the oxygen flow in its electric arc furnaces. However, the capabilities of the existing meters made it difficult to meet customer demand for more accurate control, as well as changing process requirements. More accurate instruments with a broader measurement range were required.
Always eager to use the best available technology for its furnace installations, MORE decided to evaluate vortex flowmeters since this technology is recognized as being both accurate and suitable for challenging applications.
"We tried vortex meters from various other manufacturers but found that their products were not sturdy enough, or they were too sensitive to vibrations that resulted in an unreliable measurement and consequently, poor control of the oxygen-fuel ratio," said Roberto Urbani, purchasing manager, MORE s.r.l. "Using Rosemount vortex flowmeters eliminated these problems, delivering the accurate and reliable measurements we required."
In addition, to meet customer demands for greater flexibility in their furnace installations, the 25:1 turn-down range of the 8800 helps optimize gas heaters, providing greater opportunities to vary the characteristics of the steel for different applications. And while DP flow meters can have up to 30 leakage points, the gasket-free sensor design of the 8800 means there are no potential leak points, reducing maintenance requirements and enhancing safety. The meter body design eliminates all ports and crevices that can affect the ability of the sensor to measure flow, and the isolated sensor design eliminates the need to break process seals for sensor replacement.
Accurate oxygen control is critical for steelmaking. Too much oxygen causes over-oxidation (decarburization), which requires expensive re-work to obtain steel of suitable quality. It also creates over-heating, which can damage the furnace. Too little oxygen, on the other hand, slows production. The application therefore demands measurement devices that enable accurate control of the injector feed oxygen-fuel ratio.
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We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Aboriginal people and associated clans of the Darkinjung, Darug, Dharawal, Gundungurra, Wanaruah and Wiradjuri Language Groups as the traditional custodians of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area.
The World Heritage Exhibition Centre at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden was launched on 24 July 2010. It features sweeping panoramic views of the Greater Blue Mountains Area and is surrounded by a world class collection of plants. The awe inspiring vista from the Centre creates a transcendental aura, transporting the visitor into another realm where the area�s history, flora, rare plants, geography and animals rule.
Former Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Director Rob Smith says 'this beautiful and sustainable new building provides a space where kids from 4 to 94 can play in a virtual world of canyons, touch diverse forms of gum trees, wander through a slot canyon without getting their feet wet, and in a full surround sound theatre experience a journey through the gigantic cliffs of the 1000 hectares of wilderness and National Park landscapes that make up the World Heritage Area.'
They can also get close to Silurian fossils from Jenolan caves or see fantastic ceramic gumnuts from Blue Mountains Artist Heather Jones. Mr Smith said 'The Centre gives the botanic garden visitor a 21st Century journey through these ancient landscapes as the world class Blue Mountains Botanic Garden becomes a focal centre for the surrounding seven National Parks and the Jenolan Caves Karst Reserve.'
The World Heritage Exhibition Centre is an extraordinary place. The vast natural landscape all around you encompasses eight national parks and reserves, six Aboriginal language groups and over a million hectares of sandstone plateaus, escarpments and gorges. The area is dominated by temperate eucalypt forests that date back about 60 million years. Scattered with Dreaming and rock art sites and remnants of colonial exploration, much of the wilderness remains isolated and this ancient area is conserving whole ecosystems with unique biodiversity. After a history of continuous care by Aboriginal people and years of campaigning for its recognition by conservation groups, individuals and governments, this Area�s significance was formally acknowledged by its inscription in the World Heritage List on 29 November 2000.
World Heritage Listing
It is the outstanding diversity of eucalypts and their abundance across the landscape that gained World Heritage listing for the Greater Blue Mountains. Australia has existed as an island continent for at least 35 million years. During this time, eucalypts have evolved and adapted to occupy a wide range of habitats from tall moist forests, to mallee heathlands and even deserts. There are over 100 species (14 per cent of the world�s eucalypts) in the Greater Blue Mountains, 12 of which occur only in the Sydney sandstone region.
World Heritage listing protects the rich biodiversity associated with this area. There are over 70 different vegetation communities, more than 1500 species of plants and an outstanding representation of Australia�s fauna. At least 52 native mammals, 265 birds (33 per cent of the Australian total), 63 reptiles, 30 frogs and species of global significance such as the platypus and the echidna are found here.
It�s hard to account for all the invertebrates but the area includes 125 butterflies, about 4000 moth species and 67 cave invertebrates (found at Jenolan Caves).
There are 127 plants of conservation significance and 52 endemic rare or threatened animals highlighted in the strategic plan for this World Heritage Area. Some of these species such as the Wollemi Pine and the dwarf Blue Mountains Pine have remained virtually unchanged in appearance for many millions of years and today survive only in highly restricted, often wet, habitats. These species are connections with Australia�s distant past - before it was an island continent - when it was part of a larger landmass called Gondwana.
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The City University Master Plan 2008-2012 outlines the following goals for SEEK and College Discovery:
- ENHANCE STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. Special Programs will build on its student performance focus in the last Master Plan, particularly on increasing retention and graduation rates, CUNY Proficiency Examination (CPE) and gateway course performance, credit accumulation and increasing mean Grade Point Average (GPA). Special Programs will focus on increasing student participation in the Chi Alpha Epsilon National Honor Society (XAE), which promotes academic excellence for opportunity program students. Enrollment management strategies will be adopted, along with an emphasis on establishing realistic academic admissions criteria that will enable students to succeed from pre-freshman status through to graduation. A standing committee of Program Directors, the Enrollment Management Working Group, has already been established for this purpose.
- PROVIDE 21ST CENTURY CO-CURRICULAR TOOLS FOR SEEK AND CD STUDENTS. Through its annual Request for Proposals, Special Programs has begun establishing pedagogical and counseling initiatives that provide "soft skills" instruction to students. Special Programs will expand its annual Student Leadership Conference and provide students with new co-curricular learning opportunities aimed at instilling interpersonal and professional development skills. As the result of a dissemination component, students will be charged with taking leadership roles on campus and participating in leadership training for their peers. The Student Leadership Working Group will spearhead these efforts.
- INCREASE INTERNATIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. Recognizing the importance of developing a global perspective in a rapidly "flattening" world, Special Programs has created a standing committee, The Study Abroad Working Group, whose charge is to establish guidelines and encourage widespread participation in foreign study opportunities. Modest financial support for eligible students will be provided.
- INCREASE ALUMNI PARTICIPATION. In order to increase the number of venues for student internships and apprenticeships, expand private funding opportunities, and promote community, the Programs will increase participation of alumni in their initiatives. The success of the 40th anniversary celebrations demonstrated that a largely untapped pool exists. These graduates credit the Program with transforming their lives, and many wish to play an active role in supporting the SEEK and CD mission.
- FOCUS ON THE INTEGRATED UNIVERSITY CONCEPT. Special Programs will further develop a SEEK/CD student degree progression, from associate to bachelor's to master's to doctoral degrees. The Program seeks to increase the number of transfer agreements between and among SEEK/CD Programs and the colleges in order to provide a seamless transfer process.
- FOCUS ON COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS. Two standing committees have been established to enhance program and professional development opportunities for Program staff. The Publications Working Group's mission is to encourage expanded research, publication, and grantsmanship as well as to create a Special Programs journal that would publish the research and programmatic initiatives of SEEK and College Discovery. Expanding, developing and creating fora to disseminate best practices is the mission of the Power of Development Working Group.


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While the Grammys celebrate the best and brightest in the music industry each year, they also serve as major style inspiration. From red carpet fashion hits to chart-topping hair and beauty, Fashion Police expert and Thread host Jay Manuel is bringing us an exclusive sneak peek at the styles to expect at this years' show.
Side braids - If hairstyles were charted this year, they'd be up there with "Call Me Maybe." Keep the look from going little kid and feeling instead more romantic and whimsical with well-executed plaits. Pair the style with vibrant eyes in an icy jewel tone and keep lips neutral for a look that sings.
Brocade - A metallic mini in this year's "it" fabric is short and youthful--a statement worth making at the Grammys and beyond! Test drive one with a lower back and flirty pleats and be sure to pile on standout accessories! Metallic heels finish off the look and play up those legs!
Updos - What good is having a fresh face if you can't show it off? Pull hair up and out of those pretty eyes of yours with a soft, simple style. An updo that just pulls back the top section of your hair is always a surefire hit. Get brighter, youthful eyes with plump lashes and a sleek cats eye to finish this look off.
Peplums - The hottest stars love this look and so do we! It's a major fashion trend--and for a reason! The slimming shape shows off a tiny waist. Manuel suggests pairing a bright red dress with platform, peeptoe heels and attention-grabbing accessories like cuff bracelets.


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Sean Jones: Progress and Passion
" The progression of the art form comes with people being allowed to be themselves in their rawest form, with no compromise. If we can't be ourselves fully, then what we're putting out is a lie. "
Jones was the lead trumpeter with Jazz at Lincoln Center for about five years, but left early this year in order to go more his own way. He also lives in Pittsburgh now, rather than New York City, so he can help bolster jazz in a smaller but significant American city. And he released a new recording this year, carefully developed to both chart his career progress and deal with a theme that inspired his new compositions: love.
He's been documenting his progress on Mack Avenue Records, which is the home for each of his albums including No Need For Words (2011). In the topsy-turvy state of today's recording business, it's unusual for a young artistJones is 33to stay in one place. It speaks to the strength of his musicianship and his playing.
Meanwhile, Jones took time this summer to tour with a Miles Davis Tribute Band involving Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Marcus Miller. At the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Jones was up to the task of the vital trumpet role, weaving strong, aggressive trumpet lines throughout improvisations with the Davis alumni greats.
But Jones is fond of the band he's been working with for some time, which includes pianist Orrin Evans, drummer Obed Calvaire, bassist Luques Curtis and saxophonist Brian Hogans. He's greatly pleased with the cohesive sound of the unit and the way Evans and Hogans, in particular, play such key roles in its sound.
No Need For Words is strong. "Look and See" is a driving tune. Evans has a great feel over the hip rhythm section, and Jones is buoyant and bright. Hogans is equal to the task, charging ahead through the swinging tune. "Momma" is for the type of mother-son love, Evans' pensive opening giving way to a loping melodycarried softly, but not maudlin. Evans is elegant in his improvisations, clear and articulate and tasteful, while Jones blows majestically in his solo. Jones muted horn is sensual on the aptly titled "No Need for Words," which expresses the feelings that need no verbal communication.
"Obsession (Cloud Nine)" is Hogans' contribution, a strong motif with shifting rhythms with that allows both horn players to explore the harmony. "Love's Fury" is more tempestuous, depicting when the line between love and anger can be blurred. It's followed by "Forgiveness (Release)," which hopefully follows any relationship fury. The gospel-tinged tune employs Jones rich trumpet sound, emotional but not melancholy, with the band hitting the emotional release at the song's end.
This is a trumpet player of considerable talents and one who wants to continue to grow, continue to offer music that is changing, yet grounded in jazz.
All About Jazz: This is your sixth CD?
Sean Jones: Yeah. For Mack Avenue Records. Still on the label. Still a good relationship and I'm happy about it.
It's ultimately a reflection of the label. When they commit to an artist, unless they do something derogatory or something that won't allow the relationship to continue, they're behind you. They've been behind me from the beginning. When they signed me, they believed in me. They believed in my musical vision. They're committed to that. The bottom line, the almighty dollar, hasn't been at the forefront every single time. It's been great. They believe in me. I keep giving them product to sell that's been good. They celebrate who I am and I've been very fortunate.
AAJ: These are all love songs.
SJ: When I was doing The Search Within (Mack Avenue, 2009), I decided I was going to dive into who Sean is. I started to do that with the album Roots (Mack Avenue, 2006). That was about visiting my upbringing, going back to my roots in gospel music as a child. I left that idea for a bit to do something different. I wanted to do a play list of a few young vocalists that I thought were really talented [Kaleidoscope (Mack Avenue, 2007)]
I've always tried to do albums that are different. I didn't want my music to sound like every other jazz CD that's out there. That was Kaleidoscope. The Search Within, I really tried to dive into who I was. What that means. From a compositional standpoint and artistic standpoint. Who the man is. My beliefs. My views. My feelings. And just put them out there.
No Need for Words is a continuation of that. I wanted to do as love songs album. I've always thought about love. I've always believed in love and how it sort of is the gasoline or the fuel that makes humanity progress, along with imagination. And I wanted to visit as many aspects of love as I possibly could on a CD. Or at least those that resonated most with me. I didn't want to just put out a ballads record. That's been done. I talk about love in regard to certain romantic relationships, but I wanted to deal with love in a broader scope. That's what No Need for Words is.
AAJ: It has a lot of different textures to it.
SJ: Exactly. I wanted each song to stand on its own and have a different feeling. Also, with the listener nowadays, for people to listen to a record front to back you better have a lot of different things, a lot of different energies, a lot of different vibes on it. I think that keeps people's attention. So I try to take all my musical experiences and what's in my head and use those devices to portray a mood. Hopefully allowing the listener to go on a journey, with each song, into what that theme is.
AAJ: That was the focus of the album?
SJ: That was definitely the focus of the album. Eight different aspects of love. And I wanted to create a mood or energy for each one of those different viewpoints, so they stand alone while bringing together, or tying together, the overall arching theme of love.
AAJ: You feel you achieved that pretty good with this band?
SJ: Definitely. This band has been with me since Roots, with the exception of Tia Fuller. Orrin Evans on piano, Obed Calvaire on drums, Luques Curtis on bass. I feel like I have one of the best rhythm sections in jazz music today. They're diverse. They're flexible. They listen to one another. They have created a sound that is very unique and I really dig that platform to improvise over.
The addition of Brian Hogans on saxophone, that started with Kaleidoscope. He's not only brought a certain type of dynamic to the front line which is unique, he's brought some amazing compositions in as well.
AAJ: I thought the rapport between you two was particularly good on the album.
SJ: It's amazing. If I can make a correlation, I sort of think of him as my Wayne Shorter. Of course I'm not Miles Davis. (Chuckles). No one could ever be Miles Davis. But the way that Wayne Shorter was to Miles Davis is the way Brian Hogans is to me. He brings so much to the table from a composition standpoint and a frontline standpoint that I really think the band dynamic would change drastically if he was not there.
AAJ: Orrin Evans sounds fine as ever.
SJ: Orrin's been in the band since the beginning. He's going to be there. I love Orrin as an artist. He's become, over the years, a good friend. We didn't start working together as friends. I didn't know him at all. In fact the first two albums I did we barely knew each other. But we've grown together in so many ways over the years that we just kind of know what we're thinking. If there's a certain chord I can't think of, he knows exactly what it is. In fact, sometimes I bring in tunes and I won't put in a chord and he'll just fill it. Because he knows what I mean.
AAJ: You reminded me when you were talking about your albums. It's a little unusual today. To use Miles as an example again, every album he did along the way showed a certain progression. That was intentional by the record company. Other musicians too. That's not the motivation today, but you seem to be doing that. Each one shows where you are and where you're going.
SJ: That speaks to two things. The label, number one, really believes in me. They believe in the progression of me as an artist. A lot of record labels out there are just trying to make sure the bottom line is there. They want to get the artist out there, have them do their thing, go on tour, produce revenue, sell CDs X, Y and Z so their bottom line is there. Which I understand. But at the end of the day, does it really progress the art form.
I think the progression of the art form comes with people being allowed to be themselves in their rawest form, with no compromise. If we can't be ourselves fully, then what we're putting out is a lie. Or a half-version of ourselves. Which I think ultimately people can feel. With me, I'm willing to take that risk. Risk getting a bad review. Risk not being at the forefront. Because I know in the end, my body of work is going to show a progression of who Sean Jones is in its most honest form. What I'm hearing, what I believe and what I have to say.
Some people may think that's egotistical, but I think people want to hear you be yourself. They want to hear your honesty. They want to understand what's in you. I don't think it's ego at all. I think I'm trying to be honest with the listener and say "Hey, this is me."
AAJ: Does this also mark a move in your career now? I know you left Jazz at Lincoln Center.
SJ: It's time for me to not necessarily be a sideman as much anymore. I've done a lot of sideman work in the past. I do some sideman work with Marcus Miller, but it's more in a feature format. I'm featured prominently in the band. I think it's time for me to get out there and do what I need to do to put a stamp on the music from a solo prospective, as well as what I can do for various projects I'm working on.
I have two big bands. I have the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra and I have the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and I believe that jazz music, being America's indigenous art form, should be celebrated in an orchestral format, which is the big band. So I'm doing those two projects, I'm still teaching, and I'm recording and touring. I like the fact that my career is diverse. I can do all of those things and make an impact.
AAJ: Your playing is so strong, your chops. Is the instrument still unforgiving at times, or are you able to tame it more? It demands a lot but your playing is so strong.
SJ: I think my pedagogical approach has become pretty solid. The issues I may have encountered with the trumpet years agoI wouldn't say they are non-issues, but I'm able to address them a little easier now. The horn isn't necessarily a problem anymore. At the end of the day what I had to do is realize that all of the lessons I internalized in college and in my studies, I had to bring them together and make them mean something to me. I had to create the Sean Jones method of playing, versus the Arban method of playing or the Alan Vizzuti method of playing or any of those great trumpet pedagogues. I had to take those great philosophies and roll them together and put my spin on it and create Sean Jones' way of playing. Ultimately, I think that served me well.
AAJ: You don't live in New York City anymore.
SJ: No, I live in Pittsburgh. I love New York, but I think New York will be just fine without me. I wanted to go to a community that I felt had a vibrant jazz scene and I wanted to be able to contribute to that. I think it's important to get some of that New York energy, some of that New York verve, but bring it back to the rest of the country. There are some places in the country where you just don't see a lot of jazz anymore. You don't see it out in the Midwest or the mountain regions or any of that. As we all know, in the '20s and '30s there were regional bands. Jazz was vibrant all over the country people were swinging. Partially because it was the music of the day. But also because everybody wasn't trying to get to New York right away.
Nowadays there's a big push to go to New York because that's where it is and everybody wants to play with the great jazz network or be a star or whatever. That's good, but at the end of the day when I felt I got what I needed to get from New York, the experiences I needed, I wanted to bring that back to my community and develop jazz in my community a little bit better. That's one of the things I'm trying to do with the jazz orchestra. I'm working on creating an alliance of jazz orchestras around the country.
That's one of the ideas I have. Over the next couple of years I'm going to begin working on trying to get a network of jazz orchestras together. So there's a database of music, a database of resources to raise money. How to become a non-profit. How to raise funds for your organization, etc. So that America can celebrate its indigenous music in an orchestral format in every major city. Instead of celebrating a type of music that's not ours and dumping money into that. Let's dump money into our own identity and celebrate our own culture.
AAJ: Are you happy with the state of jazz in general right now?
SJ: Yeah. I think it's great. As far as the musicians go, I think there are a lot of great young musicians putting out great records. There's a lot of personality out there and we're all getting along. As far as I know there isn't any major beef between guys. We all work together. We're each other's sidemen. As far as the musicians go, I think it's pretty vibrant.
I think some record labels could potentially help, or allow musicians to be who they are. That part of it is a little worrisome. But record labels have to do what they have to do to survive. But if there was more support for the artist and the art form from the higher ups, that would be great. But the music scene in general is alive and well.
Not just the record labels, but a lot of these festivals hire the same people every year. You might see a couple new artists. But a lot of the festivals give huge dollars to the main artists and they don't want to pay developing artists hardly anything. The performance venues, in order to get people in the seats, have to support the emerging artists as much as they do the established artists.
AAJ: Some do support new acts, but a lot don't.
SJ: Yeah, there's a few that do. But not the vast majority.
AAJ::Are you touring with this new music?
SJ: I just finished (July) a little tour with the band and I'm on the road this summer with the Miles Davis Tribute Band with Herbie Hancock and Marcus Miller. We're doing all the European festivals this summer.
AAJ: How did that come about?
SJ: I've been working with Marcus for the last year and a half. We were doing the Tutu Revisited music. Somewhere around that time, Marcus got the idea to do a Miles Davis tribute band with some alumni. It's the 20th anniversary of Miles Davis' death. So they got together the band. Herbie Hancock agreed to do it. Wayne Shorter agreed to do it. They needed a trumpet player. They all pow-wowed and I was the guy they chose.
It's kind of funny. They probably chose me because I sound the least like Miles of any of the young trumpet players (laughs). I don't know if that's a compliment or not. [chuckles]. We're doing material from the beginning to the end, all the different periods. During rehearsal Herbie brought in the complete Columbia recordings of Miles Davis and we went through all of them, [chuckles] trying to figure out what we could do. We came up with a pretty good repertoire. I'm excited.
AAJ: Any other projects?
SJ: I'm thinking of another project I might record in the late fall. I've been doing a lot of reading on metaphysics and how god and science coincide. How all things are related and all things flow in and out of each other. I've been thinking about a lot of that stuff. So there's some music that's been coming in my head from that. There are some things on the horizon. Life is great. I can't complain.
Selected Discography
Sean Jones, No Need for Words (Mack Avenue, 2011)
Sean Jones, The Search Within (Mack Avenue, 2009)
Sean Jones, Kaleidoscope (Mack Avenue, 2007)
Tia Fuller, Healing Space (Mack Avenue, 2007)
Sean Jones, Roots (Mack Avenue, 2006)
Sean Jones, Gemini (Mack Avenue, 2005)
Gerald Wilson, In My Time (Mack Avenue, 2005)
Ron Blake, Sonic Tonic (Mack Avenue, 2005)
Sean Jones, Eternal Journey (Mack Avenue, 2004)
Photo Credits
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By virtue of his profession, Larry Fitzgerald Sr. had to know that by taking to Twitter, his son would probably have some explaining to do in Arizona. Larry Fitzgerald Sr., a sportswriter who occasionally opines about his son's athletic endeavors, took to Twitter on Sunday and ripped the Cardinals as they went through a dismal 58-0 loss to the Seahawks. "Pathetic performance by Arizona Cardinals," Fitzgerald wrote. "Cardinals loss 9 straight can't do anything right." Fitzgerald also referred to the blowout loss as, "Humbling embarrassing frustrating angering disappointing painful.What happens when u quit!" The elder Fitzgerald also referenced Larry Jr.'s high school experience, when Larry Sr. transferred his son to a different school. (Pro Football Talk) Comment
Through mid-November, Doug Collins sang the same tune when it came to Andrew Bynum. [Collins] would say something like: "Nobody wants to play more than Andrew. He's working so hard, doing everything he can." ... Bynum, who is making $16.5 million in the final year of his deal, is playing for his next contract. A maximum deal could net Bynum as much as $100 million over five seasons. Collins would also point out that injuries cut short his playing career and say he never questions when a player says he's hurt or in pain. But Collins' public mindset seemingly began to change Nov. 18. ... So what happened? One theory is that with each of Bynum's numerous setbacks, Collins realized the chances that Bynum won't play at all this season kept increasing. (phillyburbs.com) Comment
Forced to find a Plan B to fill the third-base void left for much of 2013 by Alex Rodriguez, the Yankees may soon have an answer. Kevin Youkilis' agent says his client will decide on a team soon and Youkilis is "giving serious consideration to the Yankees." "Kevin's in the process of considering options and we'll obviously make a decision at some point not too far in the future here," Youkilis' rep, Joe Bick, said Sunday. Bick would not handicap Youkilis' choice in greater detail, nor would he talk about what other teams are involved, but it's clear Youkilis likes the idea of playing for the Yanks though no decision has been made yet. Bick did say that he didn't think past flaps between Joba Chamberlain and Youkilis would have any effect. (New York Daily News) Comment
FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi scores his second goal of the afternoon Sunday and 86th overall of 2012, breaking a single-year mark held by Gerd Mueller of Germany since 1972.
This is not the way to shoot a free throw, courtesy of Appalachian State's Brian Okam.
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Mauboussin 3.4fl oz tester edt . Sprayed 4-5 times in total. Received as gift . But to my nose smells alot like a bottle of Gucci Envy given to me as a holiday gift.
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EDT. Contrary to what some have said about lasting power, 2 sprays on my wrist and it lasted 4-5 hours. Maybe it is just me and could also be the cold winter air that helps longevity. I would hold onto MH , if only it did not remind me so much of my Gucci Envy.
Thanks. Tried to PM but your inbox is full. Take a look here and let me know if you'd be interested in a swap as well.
Thanks MB. Some nice ones in your for sale thread. To help myself cut back on my scent purchases, I have a very definite idea of what I am looking to buy or swap next. If only you had a Chopard on there or an Animale Animale ......
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Whereas the Clay County Board of Commissioners is in agreement with the damage assessment prepared and reported to the State Emergency by the Clay County USDA Emergency Board on June 14, 1999. The report showing over 62,500 acres affected by excessive water out of 200,000 acres in Clay County and conditions have since worsened, and;
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This "in rondo we trust" movement we push here at titletown is a defiant statement in what we believe to be our franchise savior to our next coveted eighteenth NBA championship. Since, I've only been watching the league pass games year round for the past two seasons, I'm not too aware of the local Boston media. But, for the Rondo injury updates, I've watched some of the post game shows this year and have come across this Gary Tuagay character. As of late, he discussed with Boston Globe writer Bob Ryan about a trade between the kings that would send Rondo before we even get to see him. If the news wasn't bad enough, the consigning of the trade has really infuriated fans, stating that, "with Rondo, you're a five or six seed because he's not a scorer", with Ryan pointing out "he's not Chris Paul, even though he thinks he's the best point guard in the league."
Now I've reiterated how I think Rondo can seem aloof at times and to himself, but I think it's been all circumstancial. The team of old veterans wasn't one he could relate to and since last year, he's made it a point to be leader to the younger players on and off the court. Look, I like his antics with the media, I like how he can be a jerk to reporters and a bully on the court, it's refreshing. One thing I can't stand are subjective fans who don't like his "style" so they have to lie about his substance, his game. The man is on his way to the hall of fame, whether people like it or not, and he did all of that work as a Celtic.
Chances of a player coming along in trade or through the draft that could affect an NBA game the way he has is slim, real slim. No point guard can stay in front of him, no point guard can consistently score on him and none have played up to his level in the postseason (none have half his experience in the postseason). That doesn't make him just the best point guard but a TOP 5 PLAYER in the league, because he dominates when the stakes are at its highest, time and time again. This team is currently atop the division and showing signs of being overextended without Rondo with all their turnover woes, but when he returns soon, I expect us to make it a three team race for the conference, I bet Lebron and Paul George are standing on guard for us, we look good. God Bless
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It's sad that this argument even has to keep being made. I can't even begin to understand the Chris Paul circle jerk! He has accomplished next to nothing, but it's like people want to punish Rondo for having played with the big 3. Chris Paul ran out of New Orleans like Louisiana was on fire and has made it...wait for it...all the way to the 2nd round of the playoffs. Please try to contain the oohs and ahhs folks. He's only the "best" point guard in the league. Rondo put a Celtics team that was damn near on its death bed on his back and within a game the finals. And he's the lesser player?! I think I'll be physically ill if the Rondo haters ever get their wish. I want to see this guy retire in green!
Lol, u had me at Chris Paul circle jerk.lol. I think if look back at the possible Chris Paul, Rondo deal that almost happened. Perhaps Doc was pro Paul, and that's why he left. What if this entire time Danny is the biggest Rondo fan, but because of the past, and because of Doc and Rondo having some issues over the years that the rumors spread.
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Great comments all. One thing that is really clear now is that Doc is every bit as much the hothead, maybe more so. Remember, it was Doc that had to be physically restrained from attacking Rondo. Somehow these crazy haters twisted that around as if it showed that Doc was a saint and Rondo a devil, as in 'see how bad he is, he even made Saint Doc lose his cool!' Without a doubt, last year showed some serious weaknesses in Rondo's game, especially on the defensive end, but I think it also made it pretty clear that he carried that team on his back over and over again in the playoffs like no one in the league can do, other that Lebron and one or two others. Chris Paul me no Chris Paul. That guy has cried and whined and he's been given a silver platter over and over, and still hasn't gotten past the second round, as was mentioned above. I'm sure eventually he will. HE FREAKING HAS TO! I mean it's like Lebron. When they gold plate your limo, roll out the red carpet, carry you on a crimson throne, and give you diamond-encrusted slippers, you probably have a pretty good shot at eventually making it to the magic doorway in style at least once. Meanwhile, all Rondo has done is what is asked of him. And way more. He kept guys relevant , and it's obvious now. It's also obvious, I'd say, that there was exactly the kind of tension between him and Paul Pierce that we have talked about at Celtics title town for a long time. Right now Rondo looks like a guy who has had a huge weight lifted off his shoulders. He looks like a guy who cannot wait to play basketball. And now come the Haters. Here they come, led by Bog Ryan. That guy is despicable. He was all but boasting the other day that he had nailed Rondo's hide to the wall last year. He's after it again this year. WHO ARE YOU BOG RYAN? You too were once the young turk despised for his 'tude. Your best friend, Dave Cowens, was one of the weirdest guys in the game. Constructive criticism is one thing, but this nastiness is tawdry opportunism. It's low stuff. I'd say shame on you, Bog Ryan, but you are obviously past shame. Anyone not looking forward to seeing Rondo run with these young guys can't love basketball if you ask me.
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We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. The people featured in our Q&A series may not have the same type of disease or condition as you, but we hope you find their comments interesting and insightful. We post these interviews in a question-and-answer format in my Inspire Journal here as a news feature for Inspire community members in our many various support groups.
Lindsey Miller, 27, of California, has pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer, a rare and chronic disease. She was diagnosed in October 2010, just after she turned 25. Through social media she became well known as the young woman who made a video to ask actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, on a date. She did so in late 2011 after seeing Gordon-Levitt in "50/50," a movie about a young man with cancer.
The 38-second YouTube video got over 400,000 views, surprising Miller, and thrusting her into a media spotlight. The unexpected wave of publicity has prompted Miller to take on a role to raise awareness about pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer, and to speak out for people with rare diseases. To read an article about the YouTube viral video and its aftermath, click here.
Miller blogs at i am a liver.
(Inspire has created an online support group for people affected by pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, often called PNET. Inspire created the group in partnership with six advocacy and professional organizations that serve the PNET patient community. Click here to learn more about the Inspire PNET Support Community. )
Inspire: You call your blog, "i am a liver." Describe what you mean as a "liver."
Miller: The most common words terms that are used to describe people who have or have had cancer are "patient" or "survivor." You don't hear as often of people having chronic cancer--at least, I don't. I am both a patient and a survivor, but I don't want to call myself a patient forever because that sounds exhausting. And I don't necessary feel comfortable with the term "survivor" either. I have been through chemo and surgery, and while I've survived through them, there's no end in sight, so I don't attach the same meaning to saying that I'm a survivor. So I prefer to say I'm a "liver," as I'm just living my life with disease.
Inspire: It seems that you can identify with different communities of people affected by disease--cancer, rare disease, and chronic disease.
Miller: And also I'm in the young adult category of people with cancer. There are quite a few young adults getting diagnosed with cancer but it's still not as common. When I was diagnosed I wanted to connect with other young adults who have cancer, and while I'm still in a young adult cancer support group, and find value in that, I still feel I need to talk to people who have chronic cancer, to talk to people who know what it's like not to just fight the battle and be done, who are more "running the marathon," like I am.
Inspire: How specifically has connecting with people, in person and through social networks, with a disease like yours helped you?
Miller: If you get diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma or non- Hodgkin's lymphoma there are protocols that doctors follow. For a lot of more common cancers that's the case as well. For what I have, it's more like I go to see my doctors and they rattle off 10 different things I could do right now. It's just really hard to know what to do first, so going online and researching different treatments and connecting with other people who have what I have and hearing what they've done is helpful to see. For example, one of my treatment options was a liver transplant. When I was considering getting on the transplant list, I was connected with someone who has what I have and who got a liver transplant. So, I had the opportunity to talk with him about the process and about how he feels now.
Inspire: You're out there living your disease, if you will, in a public manner now, though your blog and Twitter and other channels. Do you have any discomfort with you becoming too identified with your disease, so that you want to be "just Lindsey" instead of "liver Lindsey?"
Miller: I would say that there's enough balance in my life so that it's OK. There are still people in my life who don't know I have cancer and there are a lot who do. I went to a New Year's party, and the host knew I had cancer, but the others there didn't. There are enough situations like that where I can be "just Lindsey." For better or worse--probably worse--it affects everything I do. For example I just graduated from graduate school and people ask me if I've gotten a job. I'm likely heading toward another active phase in my treatment so I may not be able to get a job right away. Explaining that to people is awkward (laughs). So, whether or not I want to be "just Lindsey" sometimes, it's hard.
Inspire: Why do you think the Joseph Gordon Levitt video got the attention that it did? Though you didn't get to have that cup of coffee with him, at least not yet, the video did help raise attention about pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer. What has been the biggest surprise of that experience, with regard to others with cancer?
Miller: I don't really know why it got that much attention (laughs). I guess it got seen by the right people. It got posted on Reddit and I guess people on Reddit like a certain thing and my video was something they liked. I also like to think my honesty touched people, and then the people who took the time to click the link on the blog could see that I wasn't just looking for attention but that I was sincerely going through this cancer thing and making this video came up as a way to let everyone know that I have cancer.
Inspire: Being public about having the disease that you have is clearly important to you. What kind of feedback have you gotten from people with serious diseases?
Miller: I get a lot of emails from people who say, "Wow, that video is so great. I wish I had the guts to do that," and it's kind of funny, because probably two years ago at this time, I would have been wishing for the guts to do that also.
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Mr. Ziad Bushnaq, MD Itzza Pizza, said: "Openbravo has made our retail operations simple by providing a solution that is easy to handle and scale up. The best part is that everyone from our cashiers to the delivery boy is effortlessly using the Openbravo solution. SC Soft Dubai did a tremendous job by implementing the solution well ahead of the scheduled delivery day, thereby allowing us to focus on growth of the company".
Lavinia selected Openbravo to meet its need for a cost-effective and highly usable Point of Sale management system for its new restaurant in the CNIT shopping centre located in Paris and a tasting kiosk. iPad devices were given to the waiters, and back office integration with company's Axapta ERP was provided. Images and more information in Spanish are available here.
This meat processor used Openbravo to replace a number of existing applications including slaughter, break-down, shipping, and invoicing with a single information system with full lot traceability back to the individual animal, catch weight processing, device integration with barcode readers, labelers, etc. and full integration with external systems including compliance reporting and public administration.
This Asian food and beverage manufacturer uses Openbravo to streamline operations and gain full visibility across Financial Management, Warehouse, Sales and Procurement. A key factor in choosing Openbravo was the ability to easily create purpose-built screens on handheld devices for the mobile sales force.
RocketSpace is an innovation campus in the heart of San Francisco and expanding to tech clusters around the world. "After more than a year trying to run our coworking space using a variety of disparate systems we knew we needed something better. With Openbravo we get far more than we had before yet we spend far less time on basic business operations. So now we can focus more on our Members and that's the key to our future success." Duncan Logan – CEO of RocketSpace
One of the business units of SAIC is the outsourcing of logistics for an important US Government Department. Contracts today are managed with Openbravo, thanks to the flexibility of the platform to achieve total fit of the specific business requirements. "We've had a great experience working with Openbravo." - John Coble, CTO of the Logistics & Engineering Solutions business unit of SAIC
"Selecting Openbravo was a critical element in managing our business and costs. The "pay-per-use" model prevents excess costs, discussions about prices and hidden extra costs. Openbravo made all the difference due to its flexibility, functionality and its cloud installation option, which allows greater ease of implementation and maintenance, as well as cost savings. Another aspect in favour of this solution is that it is scalable, which is of vital importance due to the rapid growth of our company and the transactions that must be managed. Since the system is in production, the collection and payment processes have been automated and owners and drivers have on-line access to their invoices and information. We have benefited in terms of productivity, speed and improvements to customer service."
- Marina Caus, Operations and IT Manager, Social Car
This company's unique manufacturing process involves treatment of pieces for hardening and requires the measurement and tracking of all historical process-related parameters--with automated proposal of machine configuration settings to optimize results based on correlation to similar historical scenarios. Openbravo's easy adaptability allowed these critical custom requirements to be met cost-effectively.
"Openbravo ERP proved to be the right solution for our Research and Development Group, supporting, in a very flexible and efficient way, our needs regarding the delivery of R+D+i projects and accredited ISO170025 services to a high number of clients.".
Openbravo's flexibility has allowed us to meet the specific needs of our industry enabling us to improve key business processes, such as the ability to configure an offer in real time.
The Archdiocese of Pamplona and Tudela uses Openbravo to maintain centralized information on priests and their parishes, and has been able to easily integrate all the day-to-day processes that such a complex organization demands. Openbravo was selected because of its flexibility and web-based approach, and was successfully implemented after a short period of development.
Argento is a jewelry wholesaler from Caracas (Venezuela). They needed to have a better inventory and cashflow control in the company. They also wanted to have immediate access to updated information in real time. They chose Openbravo for its functional footprint, which met most of their requirements, and for its flexibility due to the open source model, which allowed them to implement customizations to further automate their business processes. As a result of the implementation done by Innovatec, Argento now has a fully integrated management system that provides them with reliable information in real time and can be accessed from any device and location. This helps them in the decision-making process to better manage their business.
"Without a doubt, Openbravo's solution met the original needs of our company and we were also happy that we were able to adapt it to the baked goods sector and our particular production and distribution operations."
BLUM SECRET is a company that distributes cosmetic products. "We were looking for a totally innovative and scalable solution that would allow us to manage our business now and support future expansion plans. Openbravo was the best option both for its features, its potential and its cost "- Francesc Angelet, CEO of Blum Secret.
Bretagne Diffusion is a wholesaler and retailer of clothes from France, specialized in seaside clothing and accessories. They are using Openbravo because it features a lean and flexible architecture that allows adapting the software to the company business needs, not the other way around.
Cafenasa, a producer and distributor of coffee, efficiently tracks all of its production processes thanks to the implementation of Openbravo and its integration with different mobile devices.
"The immediate benefit of Openbravo ERP is the lowering of the transaction costs. Now we can finally scale up our business." Kimmo Niemistö, CEO, Kehä Caravan Tukku
Checo Repuestos has fully leveraged Openbravo's easy adaptability and interoperability with e-Commerce integration, foreign trade extensions, and adaptation of the standard MRP to an EOQ model. The result is an integrated solution that meets current needs and is also highly scalable and cost-effective to support future growth.
CHEERS Wines is an imported wine wholesaler established in Beijing that sells wines and spirits through retail and online stores. They are using Openbravo because it features a lean and flexible architecture that allows adapting the software to the company business needs, not the other way around.
Coapte specializes in services for healthcare professionals and required a highly customizable solution that could be adapted cost-effectively to their very specific business processes. Implementing standard Openbravo processes in just one month provided immediate ROI, with incremental refinements and expanded use resulting in fully streamlined business flows and better decision-making based on a single source of truth.
Cocoon Group is a sourcing company founded in Shanghai in 2005 to support relationship between China, Europe and other emerging markets. Cocoon's mission is to help its clients make the most out of China and assist them in dealing with fast moving competition and deep cultural differences. They are using Openbravo because it features a lean and flexible architecture that allows adapting the software to the company business needs, not the other way around.
The Connoisseur Group is a brand of prestige and excellence that offers a large collection of exquisite art pieces and high-end products that are both functional and decorative. They chose Openbravo because of its innovative open source technology that offers a broad functional footprint with a fully integrated set of tested extension modules.
Consorcio Fernando de Los Rios initially tapped Openbravo for tighter management of their technical equipment stock, which is spread over 600 public centers. Openbravo's project accounting and ability to add new document types proved key in allowing them to gain full control over revenue and expenses.
Dalys distributes cleaning and labor security products with many different colors, sizes and reference numbers, and Openbravo's powerful product attributes feature set has allowed them to optimize their warehouse operations with a small set of core product IDs.
With Openbravo, Diconno's management was able to achieve great flexibility in accessing information over the web, and dramatically increased efficiency of processes previously managed with Excel.
"Openbravo is an excellent option in regards cost/benefit for companies to have ROR (Reliable, Opportune and Relevant) information and is useful for the whole organisation." Jonatán Frias, Executive Director
El Moli d'en Puigvert leveraged Openbravo's model-driven development capabilities to create 3 new applications via the application dictionary.
Elogia is a digital marketing company founded in 1999 that currently has 9 offices spread in 6 different countries. Their fast and accelerated growth forced them to implement an ERP system that allowed them having a sustainable growth. They chose Openbravo for its multi-company capability as well as its flexibility. Openbravo has supported their growth and allowed them having full visibility of each office and country performance.
"The web-based architecture and multiple accounting schema's allowed us to easily extend to our Asian sites. We are able to maintain our price-competitiveness because of this very affordable solution." Peter Schalke, CEO, EmceePack
This special logistics business unit of a multi-billion € Spanish retail chain reduced manual errors and improved efficiency through adapting Openbravo to their unique needs.
Etam International Sourcing (EIS) is a procurement office that is 100% dedicated to all of Etam's fashion brands: Etam Prêt-à-Porter, Etam Lingerie, 1.2.3 and Undiz. Headquartered in Shanghai (China) with a liaison office in Dhaka (Bangladesh), EIS is composed of a multicultural team, and an ever-growing network of suppliers, factories and partners all over Asia. They chose Openbravo because of its innovative open source technology that offers a broad functional footprint with a fully integrated set of tested extension modules.
"Openbravo allows us to integrate with our business partners, synchronize with our e-commerce platform, and manage our operations in a efficient way. SYSTEM in MOTION was able to satisfy all the specific needs of our business, and keep the benefits of a modern, agile and efficient business application." Nicolas Seguy, CEO at Feiyue Shoes
This Malaysian food and beverage distributor used Openbravo to reduce their procurement to distribution cycle time by more than 20%.
This Dutch electronics manufacturer has used Openbravo to increase visibility over production capacity and available stock parts, reduce costs through better control over stock levels, and increase customer satisfaction.
Openbravo ERP Professional Subscription is ideal for the foundation because it means we not only have access to upgrades, updates, automatic backups and bug -fixing, etc., but support for our ERP is affordable this way. The fact that both the product and support are flexible and can grow with us is essential in the continuity and expanse of our organization.
Frihogar operates a highly distributed home delivery network of frozen nutritional products, and uses Openbravo to manage logistics for over 5000 clients on a biweekly basis. The solution has resulted in optimized delivery routes, and the calculation of profitability by client and many other business-critical KPIs.
"Openbravo met and exceeded our original expectations, especially as far as technological flexibility, personalized support and a solution tailored to our specific needs."
"For the last four years, Openbravo has been our ERP solution. All strategic changes have been developed and established according to our required system adaptation needs. Sales increases of 32%, enhanced decision-making processes, and measurable quality improvements can all be attributed to the existence of Openbravo – our new ERP."
- Carlos Villanueva, Sales Director for Frilac, S.A
Thanks to SC Soft Pte Ltd, they are able to custom-tailor Openbravo ERP to suit our needs, including merging all departments' work into one web-based application to greatly improve our efficiency. The system also improves our productivity as employees have been able to adapt to the system fairly quickly and with ease. Overall, we are extremely satisfied with the implementation procedure and professionalism of SC Soft's employees.
Adeo Group belongs to a group of 25 companies, including several retail networks in Europe and other parts of the world. They implemented Openbravo to manage a new business they started in China under the entity Home's Up, an innovative online shopping of high-end decoration items. They chose Openbravo because of its innovative open source technology that offers a broad functional footprint with a fully integrated set of tested extension modules.
As a company we are growing, and in our international expansion we trust that Openbravo ERP will be an indispensible tool; it was certainly the best option amongst all the solutions we were considering. We opted for Openbravo Professional Subscription in order to gain peace of mind that our ERP will continue to work for us professionally. The guaranteed support contract means that our ERP system is always up-to-date, which enables us to concentrate all our efforts into growing our business and increasing productivity.
"Openbravo ERP proved to be the right solution for our Research and Development Group, supporting, in a very flexible and efficient way, our needs regarding the delivery of R+D+i projects and accredited ISO170025 services to a high number of clients." Mariano Ruiz, Regular Professor - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
We are pleased with our choice of Openbravo QuickStart -it took less than 60 hours of services to go live on the system. The cloud-based deployment and modern, browser-based user interface made things fast and easy, and is especially helpful for companies with several locations such as ours. Openbravo QuickStart is a great choice for small companies looking for real results.
"Openbravo has laid the foundations of a company 10 or 15 times the current size of INDUMA with an affordable cost for the size we have. With this system we are prepared to continue to grow in an organized and controlled way during the next 10 or 15 years. No doubt the great adaptability, flexibility and optimal balance of cost - benefit of Openbravo have been key to achieving this." Jorge Erdmann Reich, Managing Director
This high volume Australian distributor of quality home & garden lifestyle decoration products chose Openbravo because of its cost-effective scalability and their ability to use it to efficiently manage multiple web-based business applications without additional staff.
"After the implementation of Openbravo ERP and its integration with SugarCRM, sales processes, course management, invoicing and personnel management have become much easier.", Ibán Losada López, Instituto FOCAN
This professional services firm provides engineering, consulting, information systems and technological support to its customers, and has used Openbravo to unify 4 different management systems into one integrated web based system serving over 200 users. After implementing Openbravo in house, Isotrol became a partner and has added Openbravo to its portfolio of solutions that they implement with their own customers!
La Trobada is a restaurant located in a very busy area next to a multiplex cinema, and uses Openbravo's POS with iPad devices to provide fast and efficient service to large numbers of customers, with minimal wait times. Openbravo has helped to improve staff productivity, streamline operations, and improve data collection.
Openbravo's Point of Sale Retail solution was chosen due to its fast and easy implementation, as well as its robustness and ease of use. In addition to meeting the core system requirements, Openbravo's embedded reporting and monitoring capabilities also provided true business agility throughout the 6 months of the 2010 Expo, enabling continuous improvement based on sales trends.
Libelium designs, manufactures and sells hardware technology for deploying wireless sensor networks. Openbravo is a complete system that meets all of Libelium's back office needs, is fully integrated with their Magento e-commerce site, and is open source, allowing Libelium's staff to assume complete ownership and control of the system.
For the first time, Openbravo ERP has allowed us to have an operation that is 100% integrated and efficient. We now have a single source of information for effective decision making.
Open source enterprise applications have a bright future. Its customization capabilities and its total cost of ownership are more suitable for SMB needs.
MilWorks provides product & system ODM/OEM design and manufacturing services to prime contractors in the defense, aerospace and industrial markets. They needed a scalable and flexible ERP solution to suit its business objective of high work productivity in its design and manufacturing units. This was not possible with its existing tools, which were standalone software suites. The implementation of Openbravo has resulted in greater distribution of tasks, improved work focus, better productivity and seamless sharing of business information to all stakeholders in the company.
MyHealth Pharmacy needed to manage inventory of over 30 thousand SKUs, with many variations. The company had already defined a strategic process for inventory replenishment using Theory of Constraints, and they needed an ERP which could easily implement their specific vision to efficiently manage and scale the replenishment process across hundreds of stores.
"With Openbravo, all transactions are instantly posted. Our stores are online connected to our server and simply registering their operations. Now, we have a full picture of the situation at all times hence can immediately react and make fast and accurate decisions." José Bernardo Noblejas, CEO Ortoprono
This engineering college uses Openbravo technology to manage Admissions, Enrollment, Curriculum Management, Campus Financials, Library Management, Logistics Management, Asset Management, and HR. See Openecampus for more information about the Openbravo-based campus management solution that cost-effectively manages the entire student lifecycle.
PIZZOLU is a fast-growing pizzeria that has implemented Openbravo to cost-effectively optimize all of their business processes including including procurement, production, inventory, and point of sales--all fully integrated with accounting.
To meet high Chinese demand for their home décor and personal accessory products, Platane implemented the Openbravo Professional Edition and Point of Sale Retail solutions, unleashing business agility and enabling them to accelerate their high growth trajectory by minimizing out of stocks, increasing throughput, and maximizing customer satisfaction.
PLB Distribucions is a leading company in distribution of lightweight construction products: partition walls, ceilings, and thermal and acoustic insulation systems. They needed to integrate the production management processes with the sales management and accounting as they were using standalone software packages. Openbravo allowed them managing all their key business processes in a single business solution that provides updated reporting which is key for supporting the decisions taking process.
This Malaysian automotive manufacturer/distributor replaced a legacy ERP with Openbravo, and now enjoys improved productivity and transparency from purchasing to manufacturing, sales and financials.
"The Openbravo implementation has been a great success in ensuring the scalability of our e-Commerce, and has actually improved all of our operations. Now we know in real time our available stock, we have better control of the purchase and sales orders, and a more efficient accounting reconciliation. Furthermore, as it's very intuitive, the training curve has decreased dramatically, increasing our company productivity in a very short period of time. The On-Demand option let us minimize our initial IT investment and not worry about the technological aspects, which has allowed us to focus on the business, not the IT." - Pablo Melchor, Founder
Riaan Steenberg, COO and Director, of Regenesys said, "It's a pleasure to recommend OpeneCampus and the services that Astute provided to Regenesys. We believe that since we go live and in the long term, this solution would offer much more value than other solutions at a fraction of the cost. The requirements we had were very challenging but OpeneCampus and Astute exceeded our expectations. We encourage any company in the education sector, to adopt this ERP solution."
This Colombian game manufacturer uses Openbravo to plan production with MRP, eliminate redundant data entry between processes, and automate national and international billing with EDI and PRICAT interfaces.
This Italian IT services firm uses Openbravo's 100% web based functionality to manage its sales flow from quotes & orders to invoicing and collections.
Selectiv, a full service Italian furniture retailer, chose Openbravo to meet its need for a cost-effective, easily-adaptable, web-based solution to manage its supply chain.
This duty-free goods Malaysian retailer uses Openbravo to proactively deliver goods to individual outlets, and has improved their customer service and minimized their cash requirement to support sales.
Servitecsa offers online Spanish and English language courses, and implemented Openbravo to meet their need for a 7x24 back office solution that was extremely to integrate with external systems via web services.
This provider of temperature-controlled logistics services uses Openbravo to manage its warehouses and invoice its customers.
Snack Saludable is a company that produces and distributes snacks made of first quality fresh fruits and vegetables. Due to the lack of any management solution, they needed a tool that allowed them having their business under control with the possibility to access to it from anywhere. They chose Openbravo for its innovative web-based technology and its competitive cost thanks to the open source model.
SYC Cylinders is a company that manufactures and sells pressured gas systems. They needed to have greater control on the traceability of sold systems as their existing solution did not provided it. Openbravo allowed them having full visibility on all their products life cycle as well as made possible managing all business processes with one fully integrated and customized solution.
This transportation service provider uses Openbravo to cost-effectively automate invoicing, control staff resources and manage quality certifications.
"We use Openbravo to handle fares and ticket sales to the public, which currently involves over 300,000 rides per weekday. We chose Openbravo over other solutions because of its rich functionality with features that related to our business, twinned with the quality and robustness of the software. Installation was simple and straightforward and we now have an easy-to-use system that has increased efficiency - to date we've processed over 100,000 transactions worth more than $4.5 million dollars.".
This Indian food & beverage manufacturer uses Openbravo to increase user efficiency and make the right information available to the right people at the right time, with user-friendly screens and dynamic reports. Openbravo was also chosen because it is scalable and extensible to support future growth, as shown by the creation and deployment of an integrated vehicle tracking module.
Visatac is a company which is specialized in the manufacturing of laminated products such as stickers, paper, film and aluminum foil. Their fast growth and the fact that they did not have any management solution, brought them to decide implementing an ERP solution that could provide better control of their business. They chose Openbravo as it made them possible to have a comprehensive ERP with a minimum investment that would allow further customization to easily automate their processes according to their needs.
Visual Governance is a U.S.-based enterprise governance, risk and compliance solutions provider who chose Openbravo to support their multi-organizational growth needs, and because they recognized that it would easily integrate with their other systems at low TCO. So far they have realized a 40% reduction in time dedicated to administrative duties and costs, and a 10-15% increase in resource utilization for their billable personnel.
Thanks to Openbravo QuickStart we own a complete ERP up and running within a short period of time and with a minimum initial investment. In addition to its full functionality, the flexibility in adapting it to our needs and the fact that it is web based - which is perfectly in line with the nature of our business -, were decisive factors to choose the solution. We have succeeded in optimising the management and control of our operations, especially collection and payment management, thereby improving the decision-taking process. Openbravo ERP is our solution for both the short and long term, to support the continuous growth of our business.


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